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Two Fraternities Suspended After Hazing Allegations Pi Kappa Phi, Phi Gamma Delta prohibited from new-member activities By JOSEPHINE CHU Sun Staff Writer

Cornell’s Phi Gamma Delta and Pi Kappa Phi fraternities have been placed on interim suspension following hazing allegations, the Office of Fraternities, Sororities and Independent Living announced in a statement Tuesday. Pi Kappa Phi’s reported hazing included “intimidation, verbal abuse, harassment, alcohol consumption and calisthenics,” and Phi Gamma Delta’s incident allegedly involved the “consumption of alcohol,” according to the two statements. Alcohol is prohibited from all recruitment and new member activities whether formal or informal, according to the University’s Recognition Policy. Aside from operation of their residences, the fraternities have been suspended from all chapter activities, effective Tuesday, the statement said. The presidents of the two fraternities did not respond to requests for comment. Josephine Chu can be reached at jchu@cornellsun.com.

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White house down | Following hazing reports, two fraternities, Pi Kappa Phi (left) and Phi Gamma Delta (right) have been suspended, according to the University.

Greek Organizations First Gen Students Attend 1vyG Conference Discuss Sexual Assault By STEPHANIE YAN

Nicholas Karavolias ’18, a member of First in Class. Nayara Luna '19, also a member of First in Over 20 Cornellians attended the second annu- Class, said the conference inspired many of the al 1vyG Conference at Harvard this past weekend Cornell attendees to improve the experience of first where they planned initiatives to generation students.. help students who are the first in “I've never been in such a “I’ve never been in passionate their family to attend college. and energetic setting, Attendees gathered to share where hands were flying up and their stories, networked and such a passionate and people were finishing each “recognized that being first in energetic setting.” other's sentences,” Luna said. your family to go to college is an “Being at this conference for the evidence of perseverance, weekend ... set off a yearning for Nayara Luna ’19 resilience and strength,” accordchange.” ing to Janilya Baizack ’17, a Some of the proposed member of First in Class — a Cornell organization changes include creating a directory of first generthat provides support for first-generation college ation professors on campus and starting a first genstudents and supports the IvyG Conference. eration pre-orientation program, according to First generation students make up 14 percent of See 1VYG page 4 Cornell’s undergraduate community, according to Sun Staff Writer

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The Greek Tri-Council brought together members of the Cornell community — both Greek and non-Greek — to discuss sexual assault prevention Monday. The event was organized into several small discussions that concluded with a larger open forum, facilitated by members of the Interfraternity, Panhellenic and Multicultural Greek Letter Councils. Adam Kahn ’17, IFC Vice President of Finance, stressed that the Greek community wanted to hear student viewpoints on the issue of sexual assault. “The purpose of a summit is to

create a space for the student body to share how they feel about the campus climate surrounding sexual violence,” Kahn said. “We hope to leave here with a better understanding of how to improve our culture, both Greek and nonGreek, here on campus.” Kahn added that the discussions had not been held to talk about specific events, but rather to make broader changes to the campus as a whole. Natasha Wissman ’17, President of Panhellenic council, said she believed it was important to hear different opinions on this issue. “Everybody has got their own See SUMMIT page 4

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Speak about it | Greek and non-Greek students came together to discuss campus climate on sexual assault.

U.A.Resolution UrgesWeill Qatar Investigation By JOSEPHINE CHU Sun Staff Writer

The University Assembly passed a resolution Tuesday requesting specific information on labor practices at Weill Cornell Medicine in Qatar in response to allegations of labor abuses. The resolution requests that details of any and all previous labor investigations or audits conducted at Qatar be sent to Cornell. It passed with a final vote of 10-0-1. Recent protests have revealed a substantial interest in labor practices and conditions in Qatar among students, staff and faculty, according to the resolu-

tion. The motivation for the resolution was a report issued by the International Trade Union Confederation that raised concerns of labor exploitation in Education City in Qatar, possibly even in Cornell facilities, according to Alexander Thomson ’13, executive vice chair of the U.A. Qatari labor practices enforce the kafala system — a migrantlabor monitoring process which requires all unskilled laborers to have an in-country sponsor but also allows employers to commit massive labor exploitation with minimal legal repercussions, according to the resolution. The resolution states that

Migrant workers — 94 percent of the Qatari labor force — suffer under a system in which employer consent is required to change jobs, leave the country, get a driver’s license, rent a house or open a checking account. The administration has reassured the student body that Cornell treats all of its employees fairly, but Thomson said we can’t objectively evaluate those claims without more information. “We have a moral obligation to ensure that our Cornell community members are treated with dignity and respect, no matter where they are in the world,” Thomson said. “When See QATAR page 5

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Goat in Driver’s Seat Milks Attention A goat caused a commotion over the weekend when it was spotted in the driver’s seat of a vehicle in a Massachusetts parking lot, flashing its owner’s lights. Passer-by John Miller noticed the horned animal and filmed it with his phone. Miller posted the video on social media, where it was discovered by the goat’s owner, Ashley Robertson. Robertson says she was on her way home with her new goat Sunday when she stopped at Home Depot. She didn’t think the goat would climb into the front seat because of its size. Robertson says the goat turned on her hazard lights, drank an old cup of soda and defecated on the seat.

‘Zombies’ Arrested in Russia A gang of Russians came up with an inventive way to steal from diners: by pretending to be zombies. The three men were filmed biting each other and rolling around on the floor in a bid to send diners running and screaming outside while leaving their valuables behind. Instead of leaving them to the rich pickings, staff armed with wooden chairs bravely confronted the ‘walking dead.’ Police soon arrived at the scene only to find the ‘zombies’ had recovered and were human once again.

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Ecologist Linda Rayor Discovers Passion Studying Spiders By JEANETTE SI Sun Staff Writer

“Never in my wildest dreams did I envision myself with a couple thousand spiders in my lab,” said senior lecturer Dr. Linda Rayor, entomology. As a behavioral ecologist, Rayor focuses on the interactions of groupliving animals — currently spiders — and teaches an array of classes ranging from insect behavior to scientific outreach. Rayor said she decided to become a scientist at a very young age, but never foresaw a future working with insects and arachnids. As a child, Rayor said she remembers frequenting the Denver Zoo in Colorado, which she said helped kindle her interest in science, natural investigation and animals. Despite this, she said she chose to pursue molecular biology as an undergraduate at University of Colorado Boulder. “Even though it was clear that I was interested in animal behavior and taking animal behavior-type classes, I thought I’d have a better chance at getting a job in molecular biology,” Rayor said. One summer when she was in college, Rayor said she participated in a program where she helped research the maternal behavior of two different primate species. Finding herself fascinated by the in-depth interactions between the two animals, she said she realized that her major did not match her interests. “The truth is, I’m not a lab biologist,” she said. “I didn’t particularly like doing work in the lab, and my

idea of a fun time was being outside and watching things.” Rayor said she discovered what she loved after working in a different setting. “After one summer of doing animal behavior, it was clear that I would be crazy if I had done anything else,” Rayor continued. “This was clearly where my passion was, and I think we don’t say this enough — you come to college to find out what you’re passionate about.” A primate study set the groundwork for many of Rayor’s later research in animal behavior — social interactions, group-living and mother-offspring dynamics, she said. “I’m interested in social dynamics and how they are influenced by the habitat,” Rayor said. “I’m interested in why animals do what they do, but especially why they’re social, and what the costs and benefits of being in a group are.” While obtaining her Ph.D. at the University of Kansas, Rayor said she became interested in spiders and routinely brought them back to the lab to study and show other graduate students. Although most entomology students were not very enthusiastic about arachnids, Rayor said there was one other person who was just as passionate about spiders as she was. This man would eventually become her husband. “Our first date was keying out spiders, and we ended up studying spiders together to see if we were scientifically compatible,” Rayor said. Rayor’s current research focuses on the social dynamics of the huntsman spider, which are native to Australia. She recalls catching them herself in order to study them in a laboratory setting. “We’re pulling bark off of dead acacia trees and 60 big spiders would come running out,” she said. “I had

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to grab these fast spiders and put them in vials.” In addition to conducting her research, Rayor said she has also won several teaching awards for her dedication to education, including the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences’ Innovative Teacher Award and the Kaplan Family Distinguished Faculty in Service Learning Award. She also said she prioritizes scientific outreach and hopes to inspire interest in the natural sciences through talks and public events. “My contribution to the future is training others in how to talk about science in ways that matter — that explain why science is important, why the environment matters and why we need to preserve it,” Rayor said. Rayor said she teaches a naturalist outreach practicum in the fall for both undergraduate and graduate students that shows them how to communicate with the public. She also hosts “Monster Bug Wars” on the Discovery Channel and organizes the annual Insectapalooza insect fair at Cornell for the local community and insect enthusiasts worldwide. Rayor recalled one Insectapalooza when a father and daughter travelled from Virginia to attend the event. “I had a dad call me up, and say, ‘My daughter’s been interested in spiders since she was a little girl. She’s getting picked on because of it, so I think it would be really good for her if she could meet a woman scientist who studies spiders,’” Rayor said. Rayor met with them and said she made sure Insectapalooza was memorable for her. “Before Insectapalooza I showed her around the lab, and she talked to the different undergraduate students, and we sent her home with a baby tarantula,” Rayor said. “She met all of these college students [who were doing what she wanted to do,] so that it wasn’t all just abstract. For kids like her, something like Insectapalooza really matters.” Rayor said she hopes there will be more and more scientists in future generations who will discover even more about the world. She advises scientists who are still seeking their calling to try new things out and pursue their passions. “I don’t think anyone realizes what path they’re likely to take, or certainly, I didn’t,” she said. “Being a scientist and liking animals were givens [for me,] but the path to getting [to a place I was happy with] was awfully curly.” Jeanette Si can be reached at jsi@cornellsun.com.

Students Partner With Local Businesses to Supply Energy to Nepal

Say sustainable energy, light will drive growth, increase communities’ productivity By KIMBERLY LEE Sun Staff Writer

Four Cornellians will work with the Cornell International Business Association on a crowdfunding campaign to finance Somu Energy — a startup that empowers local micro-entrepreneurs to provide clean solar energy to rural Nepal. The campaign is the collective effort of professional business fraternity Phi Gamma Nu and five students in CIBA, according to Zhun Che ’18, a CIBA member. “As a group of students that is interested in international business — and especially for me, who is interested in International Development — Somu Energy is the perfect cause,” Che said. “Not only is it a social impact start-up, but they have done so much great work in rural Nepal, especially in light of the 2015 earthquake.” The crowdfunding campaign connects with local businesses — including the

Tompkins Solar Initiative and the Student D’Angelo said. “[For example], clean light Assembly’s City and Local Affairs enables students to read for longer hours Committee — to raise money, according to into the night without being exposed to harmful kerosene.” Che. D’Angelo said anoth“Local businesses in er benefit of introducing Collegetown have been “We want to improve educa- electricity to communisupported by Cornell stuties currently lacking sufdents for decades, and tion outcomes through ficient lighting is though we understand increased energy access” enabling business to stay times are tough, hopefulopen later, which would ly [they] will be able to David D’Angelo further stimulate local contribute any amount to economies. this worthy cause,” Che “Light, some may say, said. David J. D’Angelo, CEO and Co- makes communities more productive, [and] Founder of Somu Energy, said the compa- productivity drives local economies,” ny’s vision is to provide children with reli- D’Angelo said. “We are putting a system in able and affordable electricity — particularly place that is helping entire communities in Nepal, where there is a visible lack of rebuild from the earthquakes and improve access to energy that prevents rural commu- their lives.” Several other universities are also executnities from lifting themselves out of poverty. “We want to improve education out- ing crowdfunding initiatives, including comes through increased energy access,” teams at Case Western Business School,

Penn State University, University of Nevada Reno and King’s College London, according to D’Angelo. The campaign, which will begin in early April, plans to organize philanthropic events — including a bar night where students can buy wristbands that grant them discounted prices at Loco — and host a competition where students compete to develop the best solution to a business or education-related case study, according to Che. Che said he expects the campaign to face obstacles once it begins, including competing with other fundraising causes on campus and planning events. “It has been a very long and difficult process of actually taking our ideas and transforming them into concrete results, but we hope that in the end, all of the hard work will be worth it,” Che said. Kimberly Lee can be reached at klee@cornellsun.com.

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Students Call for Explicit Consent Attendees urge change in conversation SUMMIT

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unique experiences and we want to be really respectful of that,” Wissman said. In one discussion group, students identified a major issue contributing to sexual violence as the lack of a concrete definition for sexual consent, especially when alcohol is involved. “I see the issue of sexual assault as the symptom of a deeper problem that manifests in the way that men and women relate to each other on campus, whether they are in Greek life or not,” said Camille Edwards ’18. “I think that when men and women stop respecting each other and themselves, these relationships can produce a type of gray area where neither person clearly understands what is and is not okay.” Elise Czuchna ’18 suggested that explicitly asking for consent could eliminate this ambiguity. “I think it’s important that people feel comfortable saying no, as well as comfortable saying yes,” Czuchna said. “And I think that it’s especially important that people feel comfortable being able to explicitly ask whether or not someone is willing to have sex with them.”

Samantha Chanko ’18 said she believes people need to think more about how they talk about sex. “I think we need to have more discussions involving both genders,” Chanko said. “When you discuss sexual assault with just girls and just guys, you tend to move towards labelling one group as the victim and the other as the perpetrator. I feel that [today’s] discussion has been way more beneficial to me than the consent education training I got at my sorority house the other day.” Edwards agreed that conversations about sex needed to change, adding that these dialogues should happen before incidents of sexual assault, rather than reactively. “In my opinion, having discussions regarding sexual assault prevention are needed and definitely spark conversation, but in order to really solve this issue I think the conversation needs to begin much earlier,” Edwards said. “[We need to look] at ways to empower men and women so that their relationships are respectful and they can better define what they are okay with.” Ruby Yu can be reached at ryu@cornellsun.com.

First Gens Discuss Challenges attending Cornell, such as the cost of student health insurance and dues for Christopher Talavera Greek life. ’19, a member of “Students freFirst in Class. quently struggle with “[A separate prefinances, resulting in orientation] will food insecurity, expose them to excessive work hours resources on campus or needing to withthat will help them draw from succeed in coluniversity in lege, along with the most creating relation- “When I got accepted to extreme ships among Cornell, my dad didn’t c a s e s , ” each other,” even know what Cornell K a r a v o l i a s Talavera said. said. Karavolias was or where it was.” Although added that First many of the in Class will also Jaëlle Sanon ’19 First in Class advocate for a programs student representative on Student dad didn’t even know deal with the more Assembly, promote what Cornell was or concrete problems first generation stumental health initia- where it was.” Members agreed dents face, its ultitives specific to first generation students that feeling out of mate goal is to make and implement a place is one of the these students feel lending library where greatest challenges welcome at Cornell, students can borrow first generation stu- according to Baizack. “[I want to share] textbooks for a dents face, Luna said. “In a university a message to all first semester. These planned where a large per- gens at Cornell that programs are an centage of the stu- they truly belong to effort to remedy the dent population is a be in this institution, challenges first gener- part of an Ivy League that ‘any person, any ation students face, legacy or simply just study’ is not just an such as financial inse- one of the many in empty promise but a curity and a lack of their family to go belief that regardless support from family, college, it becomes of where we come according to Kara- hard for first gen stu- from, we have earned dents to relate,” Luna our spots to be here,” volias. Baizack said. Jaëlle Sanon ’19, a said. Karavolias added member of First in Class, said she strug- that these students gled to navigate the often have trouble Stephanie Yan can be application process paying additional fees reached at with syan@cornellsun.com. because nobody in associated 1VYG

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her family had attended college before. “I had to apply to Cornell based on Google images and fill out the FAFSA and CSS profile on my own,” Sanon said. “When I got accepted to Cornell, my

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basic human rights are at stake, vague reassurances aren’t enough.” Gabriel Kaufman ’18, chair of the U.A. codes and judicial committee, also emphasized the importance of this resolution. “This is important because how we treat our employees reflects our values as a community of students, faculty, and staff,” Kaufman said. Juliana Batista ’16, president of Student Assembly, called the resolution an “incredibly

insightful way” of moving forward with the issue. ““I hope they [Weill Cornell Medicine in Qatar] can provide us this information,” Batista said. “I think as a private institution it’s sometimes difficult to make information like this public, because there is a lot of uncertainty.” The U.A. also discussed a resolution requesting information on the cost of carbon neutrality, which has been tabled for the assembly’s next meeting. Josephine Chu can be reached at jchu@cornellsun.com.

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President Barack Obama delivers a statement on his plans to close Guantanamo Bay prison Tuesday. Closing the controversial prison was part of Obama’s platform when he ran for election in 2008.

Apple Inc.Will Tell Judge in Calif.Case: Congress Must Decide WASHINGTON (AP) — Apple Inc. will tell a federal judge this week in legal papers that its fight with the FBI over accessing a locked and encrypted iPhone should be kicked to Congress, rather than decided by

“The government is really seeking to push the courts to do what they haven’t been able to persuade Congress to do.” Theodore J. Boutrous Jr. courts, The Associated Press has learned. Apple will also argue that the Obama administration’s request to help it hack into an iPhone in a terrorism case is improper under an 18th century law, the 1789 All Writs Act, which has been used to compel companies to provide assistance to law enforcement in investigations. A lead attorney for Apple, Theodore J. Boutrous Jr., previewed for the AP some of the company’s upcoming arguments in the case. Apple’s chief executive, Tim Cook, has also hinted at the company’s courtroom strategy. Apple’s effort would move the contentious policy debate between digital privacy rights and national security interests to

Congress, where Apple — one of the world’s most respected technology companies — wields considerably more influence. Apple spent nearly $5 million lobbying Congress last year, mostly on tax and copyright issues. Key lawmakers have been openly divided about whether the government’s demands in the case go too far. Magistrate Judge Sheri Pym in California ordered Apple last week to create specialized software to help the FBI hack into a locked, county-issued iPhone used by a gunman in the mass shootings last December in San Bernardino, California. Syed Farook and his wife, Tashfeen Malik, killed 14 people at an office holiday party in an attack at least partly inspired by the Islamic State group. “The government is really seeking to push the courts to do what they haven't been able to persuade Congress to do,” Boutrous said in an AP interview. “That’s to give it more broad, sweeping authority to help the Department of Justice hack into devices, to have a backdoor into devices, and the law simply does not provide that authority.” The White House spokesman, Josh Earnest, this week disputed that Congress

should settle the issue and called the government’s request narrow. Earnest said the magistrate judge “came down in favor of our law enforcement” after evaluating arguments by Apple and the FBI. Apple hasn’t yet made any filings in the case because the Justice Department asked the magistrate to rule before Apple had an opportunity to object. “Sending complicated things to Congress is often not the surest way to get a quick answer,” Earnest said. “In fact, even asking some of the most basic questions of Congress sometimes does not ensure a quick answer.” Apple intends to argue that the 1789 law has never been used to compel a company to write software to help the government.

“Sending complicated things to Congress is often not the surest way to get a quick answer.” Josh Earnest Michael Zweiback, the former chief of the cybercrimes section of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles, said it was highly unusual for the U.S. to ask Apple to give the FBI specialized software that would weaken the digital locks on the iPhone.

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fter yet another losing football season and dwindling attendance, many alumni, students, faculty and members of the Ithaca community probably wonder what the future holds for the beleaguered program. Cornell again finished near the bottom of the NCAA Division I rankings and the current scenario is very similar to when Boston University, Hofstra and Northeastern recently discontinued their football programs. Historic Schoellkopf Field, which turned 100 last year is showing its age and is partially condemned. It costs approximately $2 million per year to operate an Ivy League football program to maintain a roster, coaching staff, equipment, recruiting, travel, facilities and sports medicine. For many years, Cornell football expenses were largely covered by ticket revenue and the occasional television broadcast. Today a significant portion of that budget is covered by alums who may remember the “glory days” of Cornell football. What will happen to the program when they’re no longer around? No doubt it’s an expensive endeavor and even the most loyal Big Red fans like me often wonder: is it worth the expense and commitment to maintain a Division I football program at Cornell? Cornell’s inability to field a competi-

ni packed Schoellkopf Field on Saturdays to watch the Big Red football team win our first Ivy League title. The crowd would sing along with the Big Red Marching Band to many of the ensemble’s traditional tunes. I remember the Columbia game in front of over 23,000 fans when Heisman Trophy candidate Ed Marinaro broke the NCAA Division I rushing record. During the game it was so loud, some of the players were waving their arms to quiet the boisterous crowd so they could hear their quarterback call the signals. It was a very magical time in the history of Cornell football and brought a common bond to our East Hill campus. Times have changed and Cornell football games may never fill Schoellkopf Field again. Today with the internet, digital TV, Facebook, Twitter and all sorts of other forms of entertainment, Cornell football’s best days may be in the rear view mirror. This summer, the University plans to demolition the West Stands which were constructed in 1947 and the few Cornell football fans who remain will be staring at the parking garage during home games. Not exactly the image one conveys “High above Cayuga’s Waters.” Meanwhile, Harvard, Yale and Princeton will probably continue to dominate us year after year.

Even the most loyal Big Red fans like me often wonder: Is it worth the expense and commitment to maintain a Division I football program at Cornell? tive football team is not entirely the fault of the players and coaching staff. The reality is the Ivy League has become a more competitive conference due to increased recruiting, improved facilities and enhanced financial aid packages by our peers. This past season, non-league foe Colgate, who only beat Cornell by one touchdown and lost to Princeton and Yale, advanced all the way to the Division I FCS quarter-finals. The Ivy League today probably has more former players in the NFL than any time in our history. The Ivy League was founded in 1954 due to college football’s expansion into a big time business and our member schools desire to maintain academic excellence and financial aid based on need, but still remain a Division I conference. One of the primary reasons we all applied to Cornell is due to our affiliation with the Ivy League. Cornell is kind of a “Catch 22” position in that our administration may not want to commit the resources for a competitive team, but our membership in the Ivy League is still tied primarily to the sport of football. I have a different perspective on Cornell football growing up in the Finger Lakes Region and attending many home games during my youth. One of the traditions of Cornell football and the Big Red Marching Band is that it helps bring together our students, faculty, alumni, and members of the Ithaca community. Even for those who don’t like football, attending an Ivy League game is a great way to see friends and meet new people. The networking opportunities are incredible as many summer internships and post-graduate connections have been made at Schoellkopf Field over the years. For example, in 1971 the East Hill was seething with racial tensions and the Vietnam War. The campus was torn apart by protests and recent the takeovers of Willard Straight and Day Halls. However, during the fall of that year, thousands of students, faculty and alum-

Desperate for a win of any kind, we will schedule so called “cupcake” opponents like Monmouth, Wagner and Sacred Heart, even though we recently lost two out of three of those contests. We must remember membership in the Ivy League is a privilege and not necessarily a guarantee. The college football landscape is changing quickly and the Ivy League may not be immune to the upheaval. What happens if Harvard decides they no longer want to bus six hours to Ithaca to play in a partially condemned stadium with less than 3,000 fans? Maybe they would rather play Duke or West Point in front of 30,000 fans. Meanwhile, there are probably many faculty and students at Cornell who would prefer we drop football and reallocate those resources to other athletic or academic programs. There is no doubt the cost savings for dropping college football is very significant. However, without Cornell football we would probably forego our membership in the Ivy League and the many academic benefits which come along with that affiliation. Songs like “Give My Regards to Davy” would no longer be played by the Big Red Marching Band and spirited alumni would be less likely to travel back to our rural campus. Do we really want Cornell to become another Boston University with no football team? On the other hand, how much longer can we sustain a football program with only one winning season over the past 15 years and very meager attendance? Before we pull the plug, I encourage students, faculty, alumni and members of the Ithaca community to attend at least one home football game next fall. Maybe celebrating our Ivy League traditions at Schoellkopf Field during an autumn afternoon is not so bad after all. Go Big Red! Mark S. Wolcott is a member of the class of 1983. Comments may be sent to associate-editor@cornellsun.com. Guest Room appears periodically this semester.

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his past weekend, anyone with access to Vine or Facebook saw the infamous series of “Damn, Daniel” videos. Snapchat even had a “Damn, Daniel” filter yesterday, which prompted everyone I know to send me pictures of their white Vans. If you haven’t seen the videos, essentially one kid says “Damn, Daniel!” to another kid (who I assume is named Daniel) because his shoes are some heat. Okay, that’s all there is to say about “Damn, Daniel.” The rest of this is going to be about how strange sneaker culture is. Damn, Daniel. For those of you who don’t exactly understand what a sneakerhead is, they’re essentially a cult of people who buy rare shoes, such as Jordans, Foamposites, Yeezys, etc. They’re willing to pay insane prices and wait hours, even days in some instances, for the latest and greatest shoes. The sneakers these people go after usually sell in retail for about $200, but their resell value can be upwards of five to ten times that price. While paying a month’s rent for shoes may sounds crazy to some, sneakerheads live to buy these hardto-find kicks. At Cornell, the sneaker climate is more disappointing than I am to my parents. Most people wear Sperrys or some indistinguishable variant of Clarks, seemingly to appear preprofessional at all times. You never know when you might be interviewing for a job at Cornell! Just kidding, you always know in advance. I think people here just like blending in. Regardless, Cornell is definitely not a sneakerhead’sparadise. Any semblance of sneaker culture in my experience is relegated to my friends from back home posting pictures of

Some of the fun in sneaker collecting is the journey you go through to get the shoe. Whether it’s standing in six hour lines or paying $800, there’s something inherently exciting about sneaker culture. their Jordan pickups on Instagram. Recently, as I browsed through their purchases, I noticed they were able to easily obtain shoes what were generally damn near impossible to get. Almost everyone got the 72-10 Jordan 11s and the Maroon 6s, an achievement that would usually warrant celebration. When I asked how much they dropped for the shoes, all of my friends claimed they paid retail at their local Foot Locker. My jaw dropped all the way down to the disappointing Clarks Desert Boots on my feet. My friends told me to check out my local shoe stores because for whatever reason lots of shoes were staying on the shelves. With minimal expectation, I drove down to the Footl Locker in the Ithaca Mall. As I walked in, I saw every shoe that had been released that month. I asked one of the guys that worked there if they had an 11 in any of the shoes, expecting him to laugh in my face and tell me they only had size 15s left, but he didn’t. He calmly told me that they had every size still. After awakening from my brief loss of consciousness, I asked him how the hell that was possible. He claimed that Jordan sent way more shoes than usual and raised prices, so the shoes were staying on the shelves. It seems that Nike was finally sick of the resale market and wanted people to buy shoes to wear them. Faced with the most extreme existential crisis of my life, I quietly left Foot Locker and walked to the parking lot. As I sat in my car, I thought of all the reasons I loved shoes. The first one that stood out to me was just the aesthetic beauty of shoes. As an art history major, I can tell you a lot about art. Just kidding, I can’t, but there’s really no denying how great a well-crafted shoe looks. Think of the color balance of an Olympic 6 or the simplicity of the Concord Jordan 11. But a part of me has to admit, some of the fun in sneaker collecting is the journey you go through to get the shoe. Whether it’s standing in six hour lines or paying $800, there’s something inherently exciting about sneaker culture. The question kind of remains, has Jordan’s new effort to deter sneakerheads from reselling their shoes ruined sneaker culture? I’m not sure I have an answer, but I didn’t end up buying any of the “rare” shoes I found that day at Foot Locker. Damn, Daniel. Akshay Jain is a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences. He can be reached at aj265@cornell.edu. College Stuff appears alternate Wednesdays this semester.

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t was a seemingly normal some value, lesson, or nostal- and act clueless about where day, a Friday, last Friday to gia behind our name. What we our roots come from, to the be exact. Classes were done call ourselves matters and how rest of the world, no matter for the week but the day was people interpret, react to or how we feel, we are always full of meetings. During a understand our names matters Black. Thus, we always carry break in one, I happened to as well. It matters because whatever comes with that label get on Facebook and see an Damari often cannot get the — good or bad. So Black article in this here Sun about same interviews as Daniel Students United’s name, I some Black Students Union. because employers are less believe is a tribute to the beauOf course, I was confused willing to call him back, even ty and diversity of our African because Cornell doesn’t have a if his resume demonstrates diaspora, both as it is repreBlack Students Union. We that he is more qualified. It sented at Cornell, and how it have Black Students United matters because Alejandra is actualized in larger society. (BSU), but no Black Students might be even less likely to get We are Black. We are Students. Union. It also later came to a call back than Damari due to And we are United, often inspite of and my knowlbecause of edge that differsome of the When I ask you to call us by our names, I do so our ences. We people quotare not a ed in the artibecause I want you too to see and come to B l a c k cle were not understand the beauty and diversity of thought, S t u d e n t s asked if their U n i o n quotes could experience, skin tone, hair texture, hot sauce because that be used or to is static, and double check preferences and a million other things that make Blackness is them as is always more usually Sun me and the sister or brother next to me different, than that. policy. In but Black together all at the same.time. Blackness addition, for has always the record, been more this is not the first time The Sun has mis- both sexism and racism in the than that. So, when I ask you to call us quoted, misnamed (only to workplace. My name matters have to issue an apology and so you better call me by it, and by our names, I do so because adjust the name after the fact) if you are not sure how to pro- I want you too to see and come to understand the beauty or misrepresented Black nounce or spell it, then ask. Black Students United’s and diversity of thought, expeStudents United. Hence the name has a purpose. Now, I rience, skin tone, hair texture, outrage. If you look at the article on have not been a BSU e-board hot sauce preferences and a the website today you would member since my sophomore million other things that make never know that this “bluff ” year, so do not go saying some- me and the sister or brother was made. Do not get me one on BSU wrote an inflam- next to me different, but Black wrong, I do not believe anyone matory column in the Sun together all at the same time. at the Sun intentionally got because that is not the case. You were probably a bit the name of BSU wrong. But, I have always personally thrown off when you read the Maybe that makes me naive, understood the naming of title of this column. “The but I would like to think we BSU to represent not only the Cornell Daily Reporter, what’s have more integrity than that. structure and system behind that?” you may have thought What is problematic about all Black student clubs at Cornell, to yourself. Or maybe you of this to me is that no one but to also demonstrate some- thought, “How dare she miscaught the mistake. Of course, thing unique about Blackness name and in the process misif members of BSU had been in general. Our diaspora is represent The Cornell Sun.” consulted about the article made up of many different See, names matter. Call us by before it went to print, maybe countries, cultures, names, ours. this would not have happened. ideologies, movements, etc. Every letter in a sorority’s but at the end of the day we all Gabrielle Hickmon is a senior in the College of Industrial and Labor Relations. She can be name has a meaning. Our par- share the common thread of reached at ghickmon@cornellsun.com. ents often named us what they being Black. Even when we Gabbing with Gabby appears alternate did for a reason — there is want to get all Stacey Dash Wednesdays this semester.

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Researchers Find Regions in Three States Suitable for Geothermal Energy By DIVYANSHA SEHGAL Sun Staff Writer

With the historic agreement of the COP21 summit in Paris in December 2015, the international community collectively resolved to keep the rising temperatures under 2 degrees Celsius. It marked the world’s commitment as a whole to tackle global warming and encourages research and innovation would that keep the earth sustainable for future generations. With the renewed interest in lowering world temperatures, and the rapid depletion of fossil fuel reservoirs, it is important to look towards newer sources to fulfill the world’s energy requirements. Alternate energy resources like solar and wind power have been important allies in the strive to sustainability. An unconventional source of energy that has not received as much attention, however is geothermal energy. Geothermal energy, as the name suggests, is the energy made from the heat inside the earth’s crust. ‘Geo’ is greek for earth, and ‘thermos’ means heat. According to UCA USA, the most common form of geothermal energy available for use is “to tap into a naturally occurring hydrothermal convection.” What this essentially means, is that water from the surface seeps into the crust and get heated up. This heated water can then be pumped up to the surface to be used as needed. As Prof. Teresa Eileen Jordan, earth and atmospheric sciences, explained, geothermal energy is everywhere because everywhere on Earth the temperature of rocks increases downward, below Earth's surface. But the cost of extracting this energy differs from place to place as their geological properties vary. In the past, geothermal energy has been used to generate electricity since it is the most cost effective. However, more direct ways of using this energy exist — for heating buildings, for enabling industrial processes or for assisting agricultural opportunities (for instance, greenhouses and aquaculture). “For this direct-heat approach, much

lower temperatures are needed, which greatly expands the areas for which it might be cost effective,” Jordan said. “District heating systems using geothermal heat exist in hundreds of communities in Europe, as well as in Boise, Idaho [here in the US].” The fact that it is more practical to tap into geothermal energy in some places than others led to a joint study between Cornell University, Southern Methodist University and West Virginia University with support from the United States Department of Energy. “If all locations have some degree of potential, but achieving the potential to extract energy will be much easier

York, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia would translate into economic advantages and reduced carbon emissions if geothermal heating was to replace heating using fossil fuels. The study, which was a part of DOE’s Geothermal Play Fairway Analysis, looks at the important questions that a corporation or a town might have when trying to make a decision to invest into geothermal energy : how far do we need to drill to get the suitable temperature? (reservoir); do conditions facilitate the natural plumbing of the rocks? (thermal); is there a risk of inducing earthquakes? (seismic) and where can the population best use the resource? (utilization).

“The geological variability will need to be matched by human cleverness if the aspiration to use geothermal energy as a major energy source is to move to reality.” Prof. Teresa Eileen Jordan (including lower cost) in some places than others,” Jordan said, “then the DOE wanted to have guidance on where to invest its time and energy to conduct research and assist with development.” The study points out the places in New York, Pennsylvania and West Virginia which are more economically and geologically suited to benefit from geothermal energy. These regions are shown in (1). The study assumed that the end-use of this energy would be district heating systems, in which homes in a community are supplied hot water through a set of interconnected pipes. The large population and high heating demand across New

where Cornell is located,” Jordan said. “That regional study has helped us to clarify what additional information is needed near Cornell.” Jordan admits that a community’s commitment to advancing geothermal energy will be an important factor in the final utilization of the resource. The amount of capital required for digging wells, even test wells, is huge. Also, there are no regulations in place that facilitate the widespread usage of geothermal energy extraction for district heating systems. “The geological variability will need to be matched by human cleverness and commitment if the aspiration to use geothermal energy as a major energy source anywhere across our study area, including Cornell, is to move reality.” Jordan said. Jordan also said that President Elizabeth Garrett’s decision to move away from the 2035 date for a sustainable Cornell impacts her research in a subtle way. “Counter-intuitively the impact is that it encourages my research ... I interpret President Garrett's hesitation regarding the 2035 date to be an endorsement of the importance that we [need] geoscientists [to] conduct research that will help to reduce the uncertainty,” Jordan said. “With that new information the Cornell facilities specialists and Cornell research engineers will be better able to analyze potential extraction strategies and designs for the use of this energy” Jordan also said that an important aspect of this study was the DOE’s insistence on using data that was already available since the purpose of the Play Fairway Analysis is to identify locations where the expense of collecting more data is most justified. “So for any location where a user group is interested in testing the viability of a geothermalheating system, whether in what this study identifies as a high priority or low priority area,” Jordan said, “much more exhaustive and detailed study must be conducted of the factors examined here as well as study of other factors.”

Comparing these factors, the study was able to indicate regions where more research is warranted to decide whether to undertake a demonstration project. The accompanying graph (2 )highlights most favorable towns in the three states studies, and how these risk factors affect them. Even though, Ithaca does not make the list of favorable towns, Jordan said that she believes that this study provides encouragement to researchers to further study this resource as it applies to Cornell. “The three-state Geothermal Play Fairway Analysis that we completed contributes to knowledge about the geothermal resources in Tompkins County, Divyansha Sehgal can be reached at dsehgal@cornellsun.com.

Soft stuff | 1 Map showing Geothermal Fairplay Analysis results; 2 Graph showing favorable towns in the three focus states and how various risk factors affect them.

Acknowledgment: The information, data, or work presented herein was funded in part by the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), U.S. Department of Energy, under Award Number DE-EE0006726 Disclaimer: The information, data, or work presented herein was funded in part by an agency of the United States Government. Neither the United States Government nor any agency thereof, nor any of their employees, makes any warranty, express or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, or represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights. Reference herein to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government or any agency thereof. The views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the United States Government or any agency thereof.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Stardew Valley: An Experience for Everyone BY AMY LIN Sun Staff Writer

Imagine merging the game mechanics of Terraria and the flexibility of Harvest Moon, and you will come close to envisioning Eric Barone’s new “country-life RPG,” Stardew Valley, the culmination of four years of development. In the game, the player inherits his late grandfather’s farm — sound familiar, Harvest Moon fans? — and has the ability to bring the overgrown farm back to life, form relationships with Pelican Town residents, explore deep caves, improve various skills and make lifechanging decisions in the community — among countless other opportunities. Moreover, the dynamic character dialogues, changing seasons and quests from the townspeople foster an altogether engaging and immersive experience for the player. Creating a complete game is a lot of work for a solo developer, but Barone definitely pulled it off. I had the privilege of beta testing Stardew Valley for the past month, and I have been exceedingly satisfied with the gameplay, original soundtrack and design — all of which Barone created entirely by himself. As a long-time Harvest Moon fan, I stumbled across the website for Stardew Valley two years ago and immediately decided that I desperately needed to play this game. The only issue was that, for a while, it had an indefinite release date that kept me — and many other eager gamers who turned to forums for answers — waiting for years. But the wait was clearly worth it. Stardew Valley solves the stagnation and repetition of gameplay in recent games in the Harvest Moon series and offers so many more spatial possibilities and customizing capabilities than similar precursors in design, such as Pokémon and Animal Crossing. In Stardew Valley, if I want to detonate a cavern wall, I can do that. I can also place crafted

appliances and furniture virtually anywhere, thanks to the clearly discernible gridded layout of the farm. Barone acknowledged these key differences, stating that “Stardew Valley looks to the classic Harvest Moon games for its roots but then attempts to reach well beyond and bring that gameplay into the modern era.” Specifically, he regarded Harvest Moon as being “very linear in the way you built up your farm,” whereas Stardew Valley gives the player greater freedom — a sentiment that I share without a doubt. He supplied some examples that sparked my interest. “If you want to raise 300 rabbits, you can,” Barone said. “If you want to invest in a huge field of crops with automated sprinkler systems, you can do that too. The gameplay is flexible and open.” When I asked Barone about his inspiration for the game, he cited Harvest Moon as a game he played growing up, mentioning that the “unique gameplay and immersive atmosphere left a lasting impression” on him. However, he also felt the numbing dissatisfaction that many gamers, such as myself, faced after each subsequent Harvest Moon title COURTESY OF ERIC BARONE was released. “I felt like the series had gotten progressively worse after Harvest Moon: Back to Nature,” Barone said. “I searched all over the Internet for a fan-made alternative but never found anything satisfying. So when I set out to make a game of my own, I decided to make the Harvest Moonesque game I had always longed for.” At the time that he began creating what would become Stardew Valley, Barone had only made games that were “tiny in scope” or made with the help of software, such as GameMaker. Through developing the game, Barone’s programming and design skills vastly improved, and he found himself redoing the entire game multiple times, which is why development took so long. In the end, he programmed it in C# using the Microsoft XNA framework, as well as using Paint.NET to draw all the art and Propellerhead Software’s Reason to compose the music and create sound effects.

Probably the most impressive aspect of this four-year project is that Barone worked alone yet managed to make Stardew Valley a game with something for everyone. As an open-ended RPG, it offers enticements for the achievers, explorers, killers and socializers of gaming. What I love about this game is that it will still undergo development despite already attaining a great level of sophistication. Barone will continue working behind the scenes, even after the game is released, to add additional features and make multiplayer co-op available to users in the near future. Being a beta tester, I had access to Stardew Valley Trello boards for gameplay feedback and bug tracking. Through that, I was able to witness how he actively moves various reports and comments to different cards to work on later or mark as resolved, so I can perceive that he genuinely cares about making this game the best of its kind and bugfree for release. Under the alias ConcernedApe, Barone has kept his identity practically a secret; I remember watching a promotional stream on Stardew Valley gameplay in which the host hesitantly asked Barone if it was all right to call him “Eric” on the stream. Previously, all the fans knew was that ConcernedApe was the mysterious creator behind Stardew Valley and once a month an update on the game would appear on his website. I idly checked the Stardew Valley site every month for that very reason, and I was probably not alone in my keenness to read the latest news about the game as well as my growing curiosity about the maker. “When a game can give me an entirely new and immersive experience, that's something I really cherish,” said Barone. “For that reason, the most memorable games for me have intricate, imaginative worlds that go beyond normal reality.” Stardew Valley fits his description. Whether you’ve played every Harvest Moon game out there or you’re new to gaming, don’t miss this gem of an RPG. Stardew Valley will be available for P.C. on Steam starting February 26th. Amy Lin is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at mcw236@cornell.edu. An unabridged version of this article can be found at cornellsun.com.

Henry V: Agincourt Above Cayuga BY GRIFFIN SMITH-NICHOLS Sun Contributor

Henry V is unquestionably the most popular and widely performed of Shakespeare’s historical plays. On occasion, this produces a cheapening side-effect, à la Hamlet, in which certain lines and scenes become so ubiquitous that watching them fails to elicit any reaction beyond lukewarm recognition. Actors who play the role of Henry, not to mention the supporting cast of English and French knaves, poncy knights and lion-hearted barons, have their burdens doubled; what more is left to be said on the ultimate installment of the Henriad in a post-Kenneth Branagh world? The cast and crew of the Ithaca Shakespeare Company’s production, staged and performed in Ithaca’s own Hangar Theatre this February, are more than up to the challenge. It is abundantly clear, moreover, that they relished every second of creativity and dedication that went into the show’s production. For instance, all of the show’s costumes were handmade; the fleurde-lis emblazoned shirts, chainmail coifs and elaborate courtly gowns of the French maidens paraded on stage are all proud products of Ithaca. The same care is given to the set. It is lovingly twisted this way and that as the show’s omniscient narrator, an almost unique role in all of Shakespeare’s oeuvre played by Annabelle Beaver, uses her impressive lung capacity to whisk the action from massed navies and sieges to quiet, poplar-lined French gardens. Every available inch of the Hangar Theatre is filled: the terrified inhabitants of Harfleur plead with the English from amongst the audience, and

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imaginary longbow fire from the gallery decimates a charge of French cavalry. This same stage, more importantly, is populated by a wonderful array of characters whom the show’s cast brings admirably to life. Henry V, with the right supporting cast, is no dour epic of perfectly coiffured, monotone strongmen, but of people who are, frankly, often very stupid and very silly in all the right ways. Falstaff’s old hanger-ons, including Kyle Schantz-Hilton’s sleazeball Pistol and Eric Hambury’s unibrowed Nym, are sympathetic despite their flagrant moral failings. The hotaired swagger of Will Wallace’s Dauphin is just as ridiculous as it should be, as are the absentminded fits of insanity suffered by David Romm’s King Charles VI. Particularly of note among the supporting cast is Jack Sherman as the Welsh captain Fluellen. His infatuation with Pompey the Great, puffed-out chest and unflagging pride in his idiosyncratic Welshness mark him as one of the most charismatic and genuinely funny presences in the cast. This is, however, a play about a king: the king. His name dominates the title, and the play’s characters, in either their praise or terrified hatred, render him as something of a deified personification of wrath. As King Harry, Nick Shuhan’s performance becomes progressively more perceptive as the play carries on, balancing the rigid expectations of his court and the realities of his emotional life. In one scene, after brutally haranguing the beleaguered town of Harfleur to surrender, Henry, and the entire assembled English army, let out a collective sigh of exhaustion and slump to the ground, their weapons falling neglected to their sides. The charade of acting high and

mighty is more stressful than it may seem. In his conduct before his allies and his enemies, Henry must maintain an unflinching, lionlike demeanor, despite his very real fears and anguishes. This is a young man starved of his father’s love, undertaking a labor of Hercules. Nick Shuhan’s Henry is as personable, witty and loving as he is vulnerable. He claps arms with men of high and low rank. His nighttime foray into the plebeian ranks of his army is hardly motivated by a desire for praise: here, it is the act of a man seeking consolation. Henry is a soul in distress; he loses his stately equilibrium after the betrayal of close lordly officials and upon the massacre of the young English pages guarding the camp. The ISC’s version of the play sees the Dauphin die in revenge for the latter. It is the kindlier side of Henry that prevails the most upon the audience, however. He is unfailingly modest, and it’s his gentle, clumsy flirtation with Danielle Bates’ Katherine, the French princess, that ends the play. The play’s final image is of Henry standing with Katherine as she cradles their newborn son; after a destructive bloodbath, the end result is love and new life. ISC’s Henry V is unique for this idiosyncratic optimism, which never comes from martial panegyric, but rather from the celebration of the humanity of ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances. Moreover, the circumstances of the Ithaca Shakespeare Company add an undefinable, heartwarming edge to the

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play. The cast biographies paint a portrait of people who, despite diverse backgrounds, all are intimately tied to Ithaca. Some are still attending Cornell and Ithaca College and many others are repeat performers who return to the ISC out of a deep love for what it represents: homegrown Shakespeare, the annals of Franco-English royalty fitted out for a small stage in upstate New York. When the chorus appeals for the audience’s leniency and admits the inadequacy of any stage to represent the wondrous past, she may as well speak of the production itself. Its cast, crew and producers, like the characters they put in motion, are locked in a struggle against phenomenal odds. No show, perhaps, can ever truly capture that day in 1415, but they can try, and they’ll be damned if they don’t give it their marvelous all. Griffin Smith-Nichols is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at gds82@cornell.edu.

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Quiet Devastation in 45 Years Fractured romantic relationships are often portrayed in film as synonymous with heightened passions and youth: an intoxicating mix of personalities that leads to big blowouts and misunderstandings. 45 Years, the fantastic new film written and directed by Andrew Haigh that is now playing at Cinemapolis, gives us a far different troubled relationship: one in which a longtime married couple has always been contented, but a gnawing and sickening feeling develops that all that contentment has been utter bullshit. There is no yelling, just long faces and the feeling that that the other person does not truly understand you. Kate and Geoff Mercer, the married English couple respectively played by Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay, live a fairly pleasant existence. They are both retired, she a former schoolteacher and he a

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former manager at some type of factory. They sometimes drive into town to shop; she takes the dog out for walks by their lovely countryside home. They are the type of peo-

named Katya he was dating as a young man, who then fell down a crevice when the two were hiking in Switzerland. Kate knows about Katya, and is immediately understanding of Geoff’s grief. However, as the film progresses, it is clear that the tragedy is hitting Geoff a little too hard for Kate’s sake. He takes up smoking again, which he has not done in years. He becomes withdrawn. He furtively goes to the attic in the middle of the night to look at pictures of Katya. He says that he may want to go to Switzerland to see the body, which is additionally unsettling to Kate as Katya’s body is frozen: a clever way of Haigh communicating that Katya’s beauty and youth is literally frozen in time. Soon, Kate starts to develop the feeling COURTESY OF ARTIFICIAL EYE that their 45 years of marriage ple who will peaceably fade and die into the have been a merely adequate Plan B for ether of time, having done nothing remark- Geoff. A clever conceit of the film, which was able in their lives but not having endured any not in the short story by David Constantine real tragedy either. However, that all changes when Geoff that it was based upon, is that all of this is receives a letter that states that the authorities occurring the week before the couple’s 45th have discovered the frozen body of a woman anniversary, which they plan to have a large

celebration for that Saturday with their friends. It gives the film the feeling of a ticking time bomb, especially because, as the film progresses, title cards pop up saying what day it is and, consequently, how many days are left before Kate and Geoff must repair their rift or present a completely false face to those around them. Rampling has gotten a lot of flack lately for the antiquated comments she made about the issues surrounding the diversity of the Oscars. This is a bit of a shame, because it has distracted from her haunting and astounding performance in 45 Years. Rampling communicates multitudes with her eyes. She doesn’t need to move at all. In a scene in which Kate goes up to the attic and, in the process of looking at photos, finds out a secret about Katya that complicates the picture even further, we do not need to see the photo of the secret. It’s all in the eyes. The ending of the film, which I will not spoil beyond saying that I think it’s one of the most impactful endings I’ve ever seen, involves a crowd of people around Kate and Geoff. But all we are drawn to is Rampling’s face, and every emotion that is emanating from it. It’s devastating. Jesse Weissman is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at jweissman@cornellsun.com.

The Kendrick-Taylor Paradox

n Feb. 15, Kendrick Lamar was conciliatory hug on her wobbly way up to the popularity that can be ignored. And isn’t there unforgivably robbed of the Grammy stage last Sunday? some kind of progressive justice in rewarding Award for Album of the Year for his The answer is because no less than seven the music that people love and listen to? superbly produced, lyrically genius, dialogue- out of the 13 songs on 1989 have rotated So the paradox is this: how can anyone inspiring and arrestingly political concept through Billboard’s top single spot while the argue that Kendrick shouldn’t have won? And album To album itself lingered simultaneously, how you deny the credibility Pimp A at #1 on the of Taylor’s win? Her win was bullshit, and yet, Butterfly, Billboard 200 chart when you think about it, it wasn’t really at all. which will for 10 consecutive For you, either of the first two sentences in indisputably weeks — making her this article might be easily conclusive about be rememthe only woman the events of the 2016 Grammy Awards — bered as one besides Whitney and the other (and my take) utterly, even stuObjectivity of the Great Houston to ever pidly wrong. However, I find the question of Bites American accomplish such a what we expect the Grammys to be sensitive Hip Hop milestone of ungodly to, reward and recognize complicated, if not albums. Also on Feb. 15, Taylor Swift, the popularity, and scoring her an invite to the impossible. most popular woman in the world, deserving- unbelievably elite circle of artists to have had Of course, the best album of the year is ly walked off the stage with the Album of the multiple albums spend 10 weeks at No. 1, not defined solely by its popularity and profYear Grammy for her immaculately crafted including (besides her and Houston), The itability, and thus its likeability and legibility and super-cherished pop opus 1989, to the Beatles, The Kingston Trio, Henry Mancini, to American listeners. If that was the case, we validation and joy of fan-people everywhere. The Monkees and Elvis Presley. The first Swift could fire the circus of folks behind the little I find both of these conclusions about pure-pop (sans country) album has seen white envelopes and just have a big party for what happened at the the top-selling album of the year. 2016 Grammys to be With the rubric of honoring equally plausible, and “artistic achievement,” “technical this absurdity is what I proficiency” and “overall excelthink of as the lence” — aka the vaguest and Kendrick-Taylor paramost subjective criteria ever — dox. in mind, To Pimp A Butterfly To Pimp A Butterfly, seems the obvious choice. But under almost universal I’m not prepared to say there isn’t critical consensus, is a a very serious and compelling revolutionary and mas“artistic achievement” and terful piece of rap and “excellence” in musically gratifymusic at large, topping ing and bringing pleasure to best of year lists across legions of average American listhe Internet. It’s an teners. Phenomenal popularity, album with expansive while it can be quantified in a and not-yet-totally capitalist consumer-driven understood impact: music industry, cannot be disoffering a full-tilt eulomissed as merely that. COURTESY OF TOP DAWG ENTERTAINMENT gy of a black experience However, the situation of race in America, and both reacting to and pro- colossal sales (already outselling Red, Speak in the marketplace of award shows is somepelling a cultural movement of the centrality Now and Fearless, which have all been on sale thing that has to be addressed. The ultimate of black voices. “Alright” has become a Black for at least two and a half years) and has gar- fact that the Grammys are dismissive of hip Lives Matter anthem, and even President nered its own set of you-have-to-fucking- hop (only officially recognizing it as a genre Obama has spoken of Butterfly’s integrity and hand-it-to-her gushing reviews. You could say since 1996), white, stodgy as hell, and selecimportance. Rewarding an album of that cul- that that sheer magnitude of love, lust and tively rewarding of black music (and music tural girth and significance would have been a unrestrained enjoyment of a piece of music is significant to Black Americans) when it’s powerfully progressive and critically fashion- a musical event in itself — speaking to a cer- palatable and convenient is a very real, and able move on the part of the Grammys. It tain album belovability x-factor that matches potentially deciding, factor in where you seemed that album was just too damn good it, at least commercially speaking, with Abbey stand the the debate. — and praised — to fail. So how the hell did Road and Whitney. No matter what there is to Unlike the question of the factualism of we end up watching Taylor give Kendrick a say about Butterfly, 1989 is not a shrine of Kendrick’s deservingness, what is uncompli-

Jael Goldfine

cated about the Grammys is that Kendrick is the latest in a long line of black artists (including, notoriously, Beyoncé, Frank Ocean, Rihanna, Beyoncé again, Kanye West, Kanye again, and Alicia Keys) who have controversially lost Album of the Year to white contemporaries. The last hip hop album, and the last black artist (under 70 and excluding the essential lifetime achievement win of Ray Charles in 2005) to win Album of the Year was OutKast in 2004, despite the fact that the last 12 years are a period of musical history in which hip hop as a genre is evolving in provocative and exciting ways that (at least mainstream) rock simply is not. This trend, parallel but not identical to that of the Oscars, is similarly the result of the same appalling limits of the experiences and subjectivities of those casting the votes. While Kendrick’s loss speaks deeply to the Grammys’ race problem, it also speaks to the intersecting brawls of tension between fluid sets of dominants and underdogs, establishment candidates and outsiders, the polished and raw: critical or cultural treasures, and popular darlings. This glutinous web, ever so stickily at play in the TaylorKendrick paradox, gets at the futility that is the Grammy Awards Ceremony. Not to exonerate them completely, but with the Grammys flailing around in this web trying to come to a “fair” conclusion, no wonder they fail every time. I have no idea how the members of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences make their choices. I don’t know if there were shouting matches, fist fights, lobbyists, factionalism and ultimately a populist coup d’etat — but I fucking hope so. Because if there were ever two albums that more profoundly crystallized the competing interests of critics and the consumers, they were those of this Grammy match-up. Ultimately, if you don’t buy the complication, and you’re still furious over Kendrick’s loss for any of the profoundly compelling reasons there are to be — or still don’t know how to feel about it — don’t worry too much, because award shows don’t write the real history, we do. Jael Goldfine is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. Objectivity Bites appears alternate Wednesdays this semester. She can be reached at arts-and-entertainment-editor@cornellsun.com.

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Gymnasts face cycle of eating disorders that rack up those mad amount of likes for “cute work-out pics” or female athletes reporting attitudes bikini shots advertising some new or symptoms of disordered eating. “fitness” tea have started to come It occurs most commonly in sports forward about the miserable reality with weight requirements or cer- behind their pictures. They’ve also tain aesthetics. As a gymnast, I can discussed how caught up they were tell you these pressures are all too in this negative body image and real; every sports meeting on the trying to create the perfect picture. topic of mental health singles out The pressure to have this perfect gymnastics as one of the sports image seems to be not just for most at risk for eating disorders. It those competing in a sport, but it is a sport where tiny bodies are has transcended through to pop seen as ideal, and where girls who culture now too. All of these combined factors have not even hit puberty basically dominate the field. Puberty, espe- make it difficult for an athlete to cially in gymnastics, is kind of not constantly think about how awful in this respect, as trying to they look and what they’re eating, stay at your usual level of fitness which is what puts them at a while your body is changing is dif- greater risk for eating disorders. What’s good is that people are ficult. I used to more and more have two bowls starting to recWhat’s good is that now of ice cream for dessert around there is more awareness. ognize this a real issue, and three times a that maybe the People are starting to get week when I old ways of was in high more comfortable with encouraging school while accepting their bodies. people to “look training as a in the mirror gymnast … before you eat a that’s just not piece of chocolate” could be harmpossible for someone in their 20s (or if it is let me know how please). ful psychologically (that was a real On top of that, spandex leo- thing said to my team once in tards are also the least forgiving club). Cornell has meetings every piece of apparel one can wear. All of this makes it hard for one to year at the beginning of school to maintain a positive body image address the issue, among others, and not give in to the pressures to and offer help if needed. Nobody’s have the perfect body. Shawn perfect, and especially in sports Johnson just recently came out where there is so much demanded about how she had disordered eat- of you, it is hard sometimes to not ing when she was at the very crack a little under the pressure. height of her career at the 2008 What’s good is that now there is Olympics. It can be a vicious cycle: more awareness, especially schools those at the top feel like they have are now addressing this issue, and to be the prime example of how people are starting to get more little body fat one can have, even if comfortable with accepting their it endangers their ability to do the body and acknowledging publicly sport, and those who look up to the pressures that athletes face in them think this is how they are regard to their body image. supposed to look like and beat themselves up trying to achieve the Sophia Scazzero can be reached at sscazzero@cornellsun.com. Instant same unsustainable image. Even those insta-famous girls Replay appears on Wednesdays. SCAZZERO

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guilty, but his charges were dropped on appeal, not because he was presumed to be innocent, but because the victim did not appear in court to testify. Hardy received just a four-game suspension and later made jokes about women to the media this past season. Look at the police photos. Goodell suspended him four games for beating up a woman. Josh Gordon never beat up anyone. If Goodell’s reasoning for Hardy’s light punishment was that his charges were expunged from his record in court, then why suspend Hardy at all? If the idea was that Hardy was legally innocent, then what are the four games for? Ray Rice, like Hardy, ultimately had his assault charges dropped in his domestic incident, and won an appeal to overturn his indefinite suspension (Goodell originally suspended Rice for just two games after video surfaced of

him punching his fiancée). Is Roger Goodell just arbitrarily choosing numbers and using them for suspensions? Where are the standards? Where is the consistency? Goodell is a cavalier commissioner whose ineptness in handling discipline is embarrassing to professional sports. “Kill a man while intoxicated and then come catch passes for us!” “Beat your girlfriend and sign a cushy one-year, $11.3 million contract.” “A 22-year-old smoking weed, drinking, not hurting anyone and taking full responsibility for childish mistakes? Hell no. One year ban”. People make mistakes and Josh Gordon is no different. But did Gordon’s mistakes warrant his punishment — and the public scrutiny that came with it — when being compared to others who face discipline from the NFL? I don’t think so. Ben Shatzman can be reached at bshatzman@cornellsun.com.

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Red Suffers Two Defeats to Ivy League Opponents Despite Marshall’s 22 points, Cornell can’t put together second half run to take down Dartmouth By OLIVIA MATTYASOVSZKY

For the Red, junior forward Nia Marshall continued her outstanding play, but was the only player to reach double The women’s basketball team had digits, notching 22 points on the night. another trip away from Ithaca this past Marshall’s shots couldn’t miss the net, but weekend, traveling to Dartmouth on neither could the Green’s. Dartmouth conFriday and Harvard on Saturday. The nected on 70 percent of its shots in the women have four games left in the regular first half, and grabbed an 18-point lead season but this was the last time they faced right after halftime. It was up to the either the Green or the Crimson. Going Cornell defense to stop Dartmouth’s into the weekend Rowland and Letkewicz, Cornell was ranked third and while the Red domin the Ivy League, but inated the boards, the DARTMOUTH @ CORNELL after losing both conoffense just couldn’t 60 52 close the gap. tests — on Friday to Dartmouth, 60-52, and Game: With just five min1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH then on Saturday to Dartmouth 9 12 21 10 utes to go, Marshall Harvard, 68-63 — the Cornell 25 12 14 9 went on a run, scoring Red left sitting in fifth eight points while place in the conference sophomore forward MERCYHURST @ CORNELL standings with a record Christine Ehland added of 5-5 against Ivy League 68 63 another two. The opponents. Green’s lead was cut 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH “It was an interesting Game: down, and Cornell’s 19 Harvard 13 19 12 shift being on the road,” Cornell 12 20 15 21 defense made said junior forward Dartmouth work for it Nicholle Aston. “But back. In the final minthat doesn't account for the poor result we utes of the last period, Cornell went on a had. The good thing is that there are more scoring spree, led once again by Marshall games to be played.” along with junior guard Megan LeDuc, On Friday the Red went to Hanover to but Dartmouth managed to hold on to the face Dartmouth. In the first meeting, ball and run out the clock. Cornell handled the Green easily, beating After the exhausting match up in New Dartmouth easily in Newman Arena, 71- Hampshire, the Red hopped on the bus 58. This time however, the Green had and traveled another four hours to home court advantage. Dartmouth’s scor- Cambridge to play Harvard. The Crimson ing was balanced, and had three separate came into the match with an intimidating players reach double figures. 6-3 conference record, after winning its

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Bench baskets | Sophomore guard Marisa Knox came off the bench to total 13 points in the Red’s two games over the weekend.

last three games. In the last meeting of the two teams, the Crimson visited Newman Arena and beat Cornell in overtime, 65-56, with strong performances from guard Kit Metoyer and forward AnnMarie Healy. On Saturday, Cornell’s lone senior Maddie Campbell gave a performance to match Healy and Metoyer, grabbing eight rebounds and dropping ten points. The guard also stuffed a Harvard shot for the team’s one defensive block of the game. The scoring was more balanced than against Dartmouth, with freshman guard Caroline Shelquist and LeDuc both scoring nine points, Marshall netting 16, and

Those Criticizing Gordon are Hypocrites days in jail after driving with a BAC two following: I am not a drug addict; I am times the legal limit and running a red not an alcoholic; I am not someone who light (he told the police he was in a hurry deserves to be dissected and analyzed like accomplished more in 35 NFL games because he wanted to receive oral sex some tragic example of everything that than many receivers do over a full career. from his passenger). Barkley was 45 years can possibly go wrong for a professional Gordon has received a ton of criticism — old at the time. Josh Gordon was a 22- athlete.” He’s right. This is a guy in his expectedly so, he did receive two full-year year-old when he was pulled over for early 20s who has faced two year-long suspensions — but a deeper look at speeding and charged with DWI. suspensions despite having not hurt anyGordon’s situation reveals glaring incon- Stephen A. Smith was suspended from one or anything other than his own reputation. sistencies on the part of Commissioner ESPN after he offered Josh Gordon broke that women may proRoger Goodell and the NFL. The extent of Gordon’s NFL rules and he voke domestic abuse I am not writing this to defend Josh punishment reveals broke the law. He Gordon in a legal sense. Although mari- following Ray Rice’s juana seems on its way to nationwide 2014 arrest. Lastly, significant inconsistency deserved to face the consequences for his legalization, Gordon knew he could not Cris Carter, speaking and disproportionality by actions, which he did. at the NFL rookie be using the drug, and accepted full The extent of the NFL. responsibility for his actions. The same symposium, literally Gordon’s punishment goes for the DWI charge, which is, of told the NFL rookies though, reveals signifcourse, more serious. Gordon was pulled to secure a “fall-guy” over for going 50 in a 35, and while there who will take the blame if a player is ever icant inconsistency and disproportionaliwas no accident, DWI is illegal, danger- involved in a legal incident. These three ty by the NFL and Commissioner ous and totally unacceptable. He was sus- have negative credibility in terms of Goodell. In 2009, receiver Donte’ pended for all of 2015 after he consumed determining when someone needs help. Stallworth was charged with DUI alcohol when he knew he was not sup- What’s next? Aaron Hernandez offering manslaughter after he struck and killed a pedestrian while legally drunk and under posed to. Again, irresponsible beyond legal advice? I mean, come on. Gordon actually addressed Barkley, the influence of marijuana. Goodell susexcuse. But what followed was what I Smith and Carter specifically in an open- pended him for one season. One season take issue with. After his most recent suspension, letter published in January 2015. In this for killing a man. Josh Gordon hasn’t well-written, candid killed anyone. In 2014, Adrian Peterson major figures in the letter, Gordon essen- was charged with reckless or negligent sports world began This is a guy in his early tially noted that he injury to a child. Photos of his four-yearcharacterizing 20s who has faced two had never met any of old son’s body showed significant scratchGordon as someone these people urging es and scabs, caused by Peterson. It took “who needs help.” year-long suspensions him to get help. He an arbitrator’s ruling in favor of the NFL Charles Barkley stated despite having not hurt also expounded upon to ban Peterson from playing that season. his fear that Gordon the failed alcohol test. Like Stallworth, Peterson faced more “could die” if he doesanyone. Gordon claimed that lenient discipline than that of Josh n’t change his lifestyle. “… calling [him] a Gordon, but Gordon never harmed a Stephen A. Smith blasted Gordon on ESPN. And Cris social drinker would be an exaggeration” four-year-old child. And then there’s Greg Hardy, the curCarter said that his concern is Gordon’s and that he drank “two beers and two “well being” and that “we are dealing drinks” on a private flight with friends, rent Dallas Cowboys, who was arrested because he “… thought that the league- for allegedly assaulting, strangling and with addiction.” Before I go any further, let me point imposed restriction on drinking had threatening his ex-girlfriend. Nearly 50 out that the three aforementioned people expired at the end of the regular season.” police photos were released showing the are Charles Barkley, Stephen A. Smith Read the letter yourself. I think you will victim’s battered body. Hardy was found and Cris Carter. Barkley, in 2008, plead find it genuine. At the end of the piece, See SHATZMAN page 14 guilty to DUI and was sentenced to ten Gordon asserts, “What I do know is the SHATZMAN

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three other players all combining to score the remaining 19 points. Sophomore guard Marisa Knox proved she is a force to be reckoned with coming off the bench. On Saturday, she played only half the game but netted seven points and grabbed six rebounds. Despite a jumper from LeDuc in the last five minutes, Cornell couldn’t get the win. Though the Big Red outshot the Crimson .385 to .377, the Crimson defense stymied the exhausted Cornell backcourt. Olivia Mattyasovszky can be reached at omattyasovszky@cornellsun.com.

Athletes and Eating Disorders A

thletes have great bodies. What else can you expect from people who are fit for a living? It is literally their job to be in the best shape of their life, which, depending on what kind of person you are, can be something to be jealous of or not; depends on how working out for at least three hours every day sounds to you. Though there has been a gener-

Sophia Scazzero Instant Replay al rise in (regular?) people’s interest in being as fit as elite athletes thanks to “fitstagrams” and the popularity of Victoria’s Secret Model workouts, it still doesn’t quite compare to the pressure felt by the few whose salaries or college scholarships actually depend on their level of fitness. Their soul purpose is to perform to their best ability, so any athlete at an elite level dedicates an incredible amount of time, focus and energy on making their bodies as fit as possible for their sport. Though there are many pluses to living this sort of lifestyle, for one, living healthily is, well, healthy, and abs for days are not a bad deal either (see ESPN’s Body issue), there are some downsides when a majority of what consumes your life is based on your body and its appearance; namely, eating disorders. Eating disorders are common among highlevel athletes; particularly female athletes are at a higher risk, with over a third of NCAA female athletes reporting attitudes or sympSee SCAZZERO page 14

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WOMEN’S SWIMMING

Women Break Five Records,Take Seventh at Ivies By ANNA FASMAN Sun Sports Editor

This weekend, the Cornell women’s swim team finished its league competition, which culminated in the Ivy Championship meet. The meet lasted three days and while the Red finished in seventh, the team left with five new school records and countless highlights from the weekend. While head coach Patrick Gallagher said seventh place is not where the team necessarily wanted to finish, both him and senior Jenna Immormino left the weekend feeling satisfied and excited about the results. “I couldn’t be prouder,” Immormino said about the weekend. “We were in eighth up until the last day, and the fact that we were able to come out ahead of Dartmouth demonstrates our superb teamwork and determination.” Junior Currie Murch Elliot was one of the shining stars this weekend for the Red, setting two records in one day in both the 1000 free and the 400 IM. While Elliot had a tremendous weekend, Gallagher said

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Splash down | The women’s swmming team moved past Dartmouth on the last day of Ivies. there were many other swimmers per- the 1-meter which is a great accomplishment for her first time at the meet.” formed well this weekend. Sophomore Micaela Luders also had an “Cari Stankaitis coming back from her injury to place sixth in the 100 free was impressive showing, winning the C final in another great swim,” he said. “Kimmy the 200 free in her first Ivy Championship. “[Luders] led off the meet with an Vitek placed in the consolation final on

amazing race that earned her a spot in the A final,” Immormino said. “I’m really proud of all the work she has done.” While Gallagher has been preparing the team all season leading up to this meet, he explained that in the Championships, the coach’s job is to just sit back and take care of the little things that come up. “If the season goes as planned, our job as coaches is to stay out of the way for this meet,” he said. “There are always little things to take care of, but when they prepare the way this team this season, it is fun to sit back and watch them race.” While none of the swimmers qualified for a spot in the NCAA Championships, it is still possible for the divers on the squad to qualify when they compete in two weeks at the NCAA Zone Diving Championships. Additionally, some of the swimmers on the team will be competing to make the Olympic Trial cuts. However, for the rest of the squad, this meet marked the end of the 2015-16 swim season. Anna Fasman can be reached at sports-editor@cornellsun.com.

Inconsistency Cornell Continues Conference Losing Streak In the NFL M MEN’S BASKETBALL

By TOBE ATTAH

Sun Staff Writer

The Cornell men’s basketball team (9-15, 2-8 Ivy) suffered another pair of losses against conference opponents Dartmouth (9-15, 3-7) and Harvard (9-15, 3-7) at home. Weathering a six-game losing skid, the Red hopes for better luck when they travel to Penn and Princeton this weekend. “We gave up buckets too easily,” said head coach Bill Courtney on the games against Dartmouth and Harvard. “Unfortunately, we weren’t able to make shots the way that we had been making them, and that cost us, especially in the first half.” Freshman guard Matt Morgan was limited to 16 points against Dartmouth on Friday – only half the amount of points he made in an earlier game against the Green. “Our concentration was to come out and play better defense than we had the last few games,” Courtney said. “I felt like we did that except for a small portion of the second half.” Though Dartmouth put the Red into an early hole, junior guard Darryl Smith led a strong comeback effort, scoring a career-high 22 points and making a career-high nine field goals made. He also led his team with

two assists and managed to earn five rebounds, a block and a steal. After climbing out of a 20-point deficit, Cornell managed to get the game to a close 68-62 differential with 1:45 on the clock. Unfortunately, the Red ran into trouble with turnovers and fouls, letting Dartmouth take the 78-66 victory. “We started to fall back into some bad habits defensively in the second half compared to the first,” Courtney said. “We want to do a better job protecting the paint and not letting players just destroy us in there.” Dartmouth forward Evan Boudreaux had a terrific night on the floor, scoring 22 points with a season high 18 rebounds, giving him his third consecutive double-double and ninth of this season. Near the end of the game, Boudreaux fired away a 3-point shot which fouled out junior David Onuorah. It shattered all hope of a late-game comeback for Cornell. “We didn’t have a lot of our key guys on the floor,” Courtney said. “When you combine that with the not making shots and not executing, it resulted in Dartmouth having the chance to take the lead. We were playing catch up from there.” The Red experienced an even more tragic loss the following evening against Harvard.

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Freshman phenom | Matt Morgan broke the record for most points by a freshman in a season but it wasn’t enough to stop Harvard’s comeback.

The Crimson were able to overcome a 21point deficit with 9:02 on the clock, making it the 21st-largest second-half comeback in NCAA history as well as an agonizing 76-74 loss for Cornell. After the half, the Red seemed to be able to contain the Harvard offense, answering every shot up until there was about 15 minutes left on the clock. The Crimson finally found their stride, closing the gap and capitalizing on almost every opportunity offensively and defensively. Harvard guard Tommy McCarthy led the charge in coming back, scoring a career-high 21 points as well as hitting the game-winning field goal with fiveseconds remaining in the game. Despite the miserable conclusion, Morgan performed well. He led all scorers with 27 points, surpassing Ryan Wittman’s ’10 freshman school record for the leading scorer in the program’s history. Morgan currently has 439 total career points and has four more games to further build upon his record. Morgan was the only Cornell player to score in the double digits for the night. The rest of the team struggled, as both junior guard JoJo Fallas and sophomore forward Jordan Abdur-Ra’oof had eight points and Smith had seven points. “We’re a small group and that has not been great for us, but we have to get better,” Courtney said. The chance for a conference title is out of the picture for the Red, but Courtney does not see that as an excuse to play with less intensity. “We want to keep going,” Courtney said. “We’re such a young group. This season for us is just about playing one game at a time and trying to improve upon the last time that we were out. The goal is to be a better team than we were yesterday.” Cornell travels to both Penn and Princeton this weekend to avenge their pair of losses in their last meetings at home. The matchup against Penn tips off at 7 p.m. on Friday and the Princeton game will follow the next day at 6 p.m.

Tobe Attah can be reached at tattah@cornellsun.com.

ost NFL players won’t begin thinking about next season until April, when voluntary offseason workouts begin. But most is not all, and Browns’ receiver Josh Gordon is in the minority. In 2013, Gordon, then just 22 years old, led the NFL in receiving with 1,646 yards, despite playing just 14-of-16 regular season games. He followed a 237-yard performance versus Pittsburgh with a 261-

Ben Shatzman Calling the Shatz yard game the following week. Gordon was named First-team All-Pro — A.J. Green, Demaryius Thomas and Antonio Brown earned second-team All-Pro honors, for perspective — and was selected to the Pro Bowl, all at age 22, with Brandon Weeden throwing him the football. Just prior to the start of the 2014 season, Gordon was suspended one year for violating the NFL’s substance abuse policy after failing a drug test for marijuana. The suspension was later reduced to 10 games and Gordon played just five games in 2014. The same offseason that he failed the marijuana drug test, Gordon was arrested for driving while impaired, and in Jan. 2015, the NFL announced a second one-year suspension for consuming alcohol while in the NFL’s substance abuse program. That brings us to today. Despite his lengthy off-the-field record, Gordon has See SHATZMAN page 15